Comments on: Tracy Sigler — Mona Lisa Triptych Thumbtack Mosaic in Burnt Frame

By: Tracy Sigler

Tracy Sigler — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:53:09 +0000

@ Jessica, See this other post for how I did it.
http://www.weareheavyduty.com/2006/04/10/thumbtack-portrait/

I couldn’t find the volume or type of colored tacks I wanted so I actually spray painted all of these.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:36:09 +0000

i have been dying to do something like this. where do you get the colored tacks and how do u start?

By: Tracy Sigler

Tracy Sigler — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:07:46 +0000

@ Bob, That is a good question. I really don’t know. I spray painted these in batches of a few hundred as I went along. There’s probably some way to use Photoshop to figure that out from the original files, but I have no idea how. As I mentioned the TOTAL number of tacks was 11,172.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:15:29 +0000

How many of each thumbtack color did you use? I really liked this piece good job.

By: Chris Bolmeier

Chris Bolmeier — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:55:12 +0000

Tracy,
I just happened upon this page, and I love the Mona Lisa.
You did a great job, and the frame is perfect for the piece. If you do more of these “paintings” I propose that you may want to consider doing some pre-raphelite, or boticelli, because I’ve (seen the process you’re doing collage or bar codes. They are usually Marilyn Monroe, Jimi Hendrix, Jeus, Elvis, etc.)Of course, you have to do images that appeal to you. And I’m not saying there is anything wrong with this, but if you want to do something different…..just trying to help.

By: Tracy Sigler

Tracy Sigler — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:57:41 +0000

Hey Sarah. It felt like it took about ten years, but I think it was only a month of intense work.

By: Sarah Meadows

Sarah Meadows — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:55:09 +0000

I stumbled across this page and WOW! I am amazed!!!!!!!!!!! How many hours did it take to create this? Simply stunning.

By: Tracy Sigler

Tracy Sigler — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:11:48 +0000

Hey Kristen. Thanks. I’m glad you like it. I’d love to see your Hendrix portrait. Post a link if you have one.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:02:53 +0000

This is absolutely awesome….before seeing this I had an idea to do something like this for an English project…when I saw this picture and the other portrait made out of thumbtacks I went ahead and made a portrait myself except it was of Jimi Hendrix. It took forever but the image and the masterpiece you get at the end is priceless. It certainly is worth all the time and money it takes to make a portrait like this.

By: JS - Hampton

JS - Hampton — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:47:04 +0000

T,
Amazing – What would your childhood art teacher, Mrs. Winston, think? I’m sure she would be very proud. I am.